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Voting-affinity data
for the 2012-2024 Terms
(September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2024)

Young
Young
Blacklock
Blacklock

In 2012-2024, they participated together in 289 decisions (including per curiams)

Joined the same opinions 264/289 91.3%
Different opinions, same judgment 12/289 4.2%
Agreed on judgment 276/289 95.5%
Disagreed on judgment 13/289 4.5%

And 64 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 39/64 60.9%
Different opinions, same judgment 12/64 18.8%
Agreed on judgment 51/64 79.7%
Disagreed on judgment 13/64 20.3%
 

Within those 64 cases that had some split opinions:

39 cases:
Joined the same opinions

IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., A CHILD, No. 22-0420
YoungBlacklockMajority
HOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. AND PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION v. GUILLERMO M. MENDEZ, No. 21-0496
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN RE MARIA TERESA RAMIREZ MORRIS, AND TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, INC., No. 23-0111
YoungBlacklockDissent
SIBEL ONASIS FERRER v. MADALENA ELIZABETH ALMANZA, ISABELLA P. ALMANZA, AND ALBERT BOONE ALMANZA, No. 21-0513
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN RE CHRISTIANSON AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING, LLC AND CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS, LP, No. 20-0384
YoungBlacklockMajority
ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION v. BRYCE J. WALLACE, ELITE DRILLERS CORPORATION, AND UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY AND ITS PARENT, UNITED FIRE GROUP, INC., No. 20-0451
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
IN RE STEVEN HOTZE, M.D., HON. SID MILLER, GERRY MONROE, RANDOLPH PRICE, ALAN HARTMAN, ALAN VERA, AND GREGORY BLUME, No. 21-0893
YoungBlacklockOther
FINLEY RESOURCES, INC., FINLEY PRODUCTION CO., L.P. AND PETRO CANYON ENERGY, LLC v. HEADINGTON ROYALTY, INC. AND HEADINGTON ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC, No. 21-0509
YoungBlacklockMajority
POLK COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY AND VALERIE REDDELL v. TOMMY LAMAR COLEMAN, No. 22-0103
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN RE G.S., No. 21-0127
YoungBlacklockMajority
ELEPHANT INSURANCE COMPANY, LLC v. LORRAINE KENYON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE KENYON, No. 20-0366
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES v. N.J., No. 20-0940
YoungBlacklockMajority
EX PARTE K.T. v. K.T., No. 20-0977
YoungBlacklockMajority
CITY OF BAYTOWN v. ALAN SCHROCK, No. 20-0309
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
PEDIATRICS COOL CARE, ET AL. v. GINGER THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF A.W.(DECEASED), AND BRAD WASHINGTON, No. 21-0238
YoungBlacklockMajority
ROBERT W. VAN BOVEN M.D., D.D.S. v. SCOTT FRESHOUR, MARGARET MCNEESE, CHRIS PALAZOLA, AMY SWANHOLM, TIMOTHY WEBB, AND SHERIF ZAAFRAN, M.D., IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD, No. 20-0117
YoungBlacklockMajority
S.C. v. M.B., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF I.C., No. 20-0552
YoungBlacklockMajority
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, No. 21-0080
YoungBlacklockDissent
IN THE INTEREST OF A.A., G.A., AND K.A., CHILDREN, No. 21-0998
YoungBlacklockDissent
DOROTHY HAMPTON v. LEONARD THOME, No. 22-0435
YoungBlacklockMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES; JOHN HELLERSTEDT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DSHS v. CROWN DISTRIBUTING LLC; AMERICA JUICE CO., LLC; CUSTOM BOTANICAL DISPENSARY, LLC; 1937 APOTHECARY, LLC, No. 21-1045
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
DAVID A. SKEELS v. JONATHAN T. SUDER; MICHAEL T. COOKE; AND FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C., No. 21-1014
YoungBlacklockMajority
COLLIN CREEK ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, INC. D/B/A/ DAYSPRING ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY v. CHRISTINE FABER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF CARMELINA “MILLIE” SMITH, DECEASED, No. 21-0470
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v. HARRIS COUNTY, ET AL., No. 22-0124
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN RE JEFF YOUNGER, No. 22-1137
YoungBlacklockOther
TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION v. ESTATE OF CLYDE L. BURT, LINDA S. WALLACE, EXECUTOR, AND LINDA S. WALLACE, No. 22-0437
YoungBlacklockMajority
HARLEY CHANNELVIEW PROPERTIES, LLC v. HARLEY MARINE GULF, LLC, No. 23-0078
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN RE MAGDOLINE ELHINDI, No. 23-1040
YoungBlacklockOther
THOMAS BRANDON PERTHUIS v. BAYLOR MIRACA GENETICS LABORATORIES, LLC, No. 21-0036
YoungBlacklockMajority
CITY OF GRAPEVINE v. LUDMILLA B. MUNS, RICHARD MUELLER, KARI PERKINS, KEVIN PERKINS, PAMELA HOLT, AND A-1 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, INC., No. 22-0044
YoungBlacklockOther
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - EL PASO v. DR. LINDSEY NIEHAY, No. 22-0179
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF A.P., A CHILD, No. 22-0482
YoungBlacklockOther
STATE OF TEXAS; KEN PAXTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS; TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD; AND STEPHEN BRINT CARLTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD v. AMANDA ZURAWSKI; LAUREN MILLER; LAUREN HALL; ANNA ZARGARIAN; ASHLEY BRANDT; KYLIE BEATON; JESSICA BERNARDO; SAMANTHA CASIANO; AUSTIN DENNARD, D.O.; TAYLOR EDWARDS; KIERSTEN HOGAN; LAUREN VAN VLEET; ELIZABETH WELLER; DAMLA KARSAN, M.D., ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND HER PATIENTS; AND JUDY LEVISON, M.D., M.P.H., ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND HER PATIENTS, No. 23-0629
YoungBlacklockMajority
MARY ALICE KEYES AND SEAN LEO NADEAU v. DAVID WELLER AND INTEGRITECH ADVISORS, LLC, No. 22-1085
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
ANGELA HORTON AND KEVIN HOUSER v. THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, No. 21-0769
YoungBlacklockDissent
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
ROGER BORGELT, MARK PULLIAM, JAY WILEY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS v. AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, IAFF LOCAL 975; CITY OF AUSTIN; AND MARC A. OTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, No. 22-1149
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF G.A.M., A CHILD v. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 23-0968
YoungBlacklockOther
BEXAR APPRAISAL DISTRICT v. YVONDIA JOHNSON, No. 22-0485
YoungBlacklockDissent
TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS LANDFILL, INC. v. TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, BY AND THROUGH MARYA CRIGLER, ACTING IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHIEF APPRAISER OF TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, No. 22-0620
YoungBlacklockMajority

12 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

THE LILITH FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY v. MARK LEE DICKSON AND RIGHT TO LIFE EAST TEXAS, No. 21-0978
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BERTHA ARCE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, No. 21-0843
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
PATRICK VON DOHLEN, BRIAN GRECO, KEVIN JASON KHATTAR, MICHAEL KNUFFKE, AND DANIEL PETRI v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, No. 20-0725
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungSpeckMajority
EVE LYNN BAKER v. TERRY LEE BIZZLE, No. 22-0242
YoungBlacklockConcurrence
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS v. ABDUL PRIDGEN AND VANCE KEYES, No. 20-0700
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN THE MATTER OF TROY S. POE TRUST, No. 20-0179
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. v. SARAH MILBURN, No. 21-1097
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
DIANNE HENSLEY v. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT ET AL., No. 22-1145
YoungSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
STATE OF TEXAS; OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD; TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION; AND KEN PAXTON, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. LAZARO LOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF LUNA LOE, A MINOR; MARY MOE AND MATTHEW MOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF MAEVE MOE, A MINOR; NORA NOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF NATHAN NOE, A MINOR; SARAH SOE AND STEVEN SOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF SAMANTHA SOE, A MINOR; GINA GOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF GRAYSON GOE, A MINOR; PFLAG, INC.; RICHARD OGDEN ROBERTS III, M.D.; DAVID L. PAUL, M.D.; PATRICK W. O’MALLEY, M.D.; AND AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN, No. 23-0697
YoungSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
STEVE HUYNH, INDIVIDUALLY; YVONNE HUYNH, INDIVIDUALLY; HUYNH POULTRY FARM, LLC D/B/A STEVE THI HUYNH POULTRY FARM D/B/A HUYNH POULTRY FARM; T & N POULTRY FARM, LLC; THINH BAO NGUYEN, INDIVIDUALLY; TIMMY HUYNH POULTRY FARM; TIMMY HUYNH, INDIVIDUALLY; AND SANDERSON FARMS, INC. v. FRANK BLANCHARD, ANGELIA SNOW, TANYA BERRY, KIMBERLY RILEY, JOHN MILLER, AMY MILLER, CHAD MARTINEZ, EMILY MARTINEZ, MERSINI BLANCHARD, MALAKOFF PROPERTIES, LLC, AND RONNY SNOW, No. 21-0676
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND CASSIE BROWN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE v. STONEWATER ROOFING, LTD. CO., No. 22-0427
YoungSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungSpeckMajority
FOSSIL GROUP, INC. v. NICOLE HARRIS, No. 23-0376
YoungSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
YoungBlacklockMajority

13 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PRESIDENT JAY HARTZELL, ET AL. v. S.O., No. 20-0811
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckMajority
IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF JAMES E. FAIRLEY, No. 20-0328
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckMajority
JAMES CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC AND PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION v. WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION, No. 20-0079
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungBlacklockMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.W., A CHILD, No. 19-1069
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungSpeckMajority
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALISTS, LLC v. BLANCHARD REFINING COMPANY LLC AND MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP, No. 20-0174
YoungSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS v. JIMMY CHANGAS, INC., No. 21-0307
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungSpeckMajority
JAMES FREDRICK MILES v. TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND INTEGRATED TEXAS LOGISTICS, INC., No. 20-0393
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungSpeckConcurrence
YoungSpeckMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JOHN SCOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS; THE STATE OF TEXAS v. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; ROLAND GUTIERREZ; SARAH ECKHARDT; RUBEN CORTEZ, JR.; TEJANO DEMOCRATS, No. 22-0008
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckMajority
MCLANE CHAMPIONS, LLC AND R. DRAYTON MCLANE, JR. v. HOUSTON BASEBALL PARTNERS LLC, No. 21-0641
SpeckBlacklockDissent
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF R.R.A., H.G.A., H.B.A., CHILDREN, No. 22-0978
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckMajority
MOSAIC BAYBROOK ONE, L.P. AND MOSAIC BAYBROOK TWO, L.P. v. PAUL SIMIEN, No. 19-0612
SpeckBlacklockDissent
YoungSpeckMajority
AMMONITE OIL & GAS CORPORATION v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS AND EOG RESOURCES, INC., No. 21-1035
YoungSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS v. PUREZA "DIDIT" MARTINEZ, No. 22-0843
YoungSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority